The Ecumenical Patriarchate has learned with deep sorrow and disappointment of the unacceptable and sacrilegious missile attack by the Russian Federation against the historic Kyiv...

On Friday, June 12, 2026, an All-Night Vigil and Annual Memorial Service were held at the Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration in Gapyeong, marking four...

On Thursday, June 4, 2026, the opening ceremony of iconography classes was held at the headquarters of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea in Seoul, led...

On Saturday, May 31, 2026, Mr. Lee Jong-hee, a catechumen of the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea, and members of...

On May 15 and 16, 2026, Korean, American, and Slavic-speaking faithful, catechumens, and members of the “Syndesmos” youth group from Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Seoul...

On Saturday, May 9th, 2026, at the Cathedral Church of Saint Nicholas in Seoul, the Sacrament. The wedding of Myron (Juwon Kim) and Vasilia (Jaeeun...

During the morning service of Great Vespers and the Divine Liturgy, more than one hundred students from the Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary joined the...

On the morning of Holy Thursday (April 9, 2026), following the celebration of the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great, in which many of...

Following the Royal Hours (First through Sixth), which were read on the morning of Great Friday, young men and women decorated the Epitaphios under the...

Palm Sunday (April 5, 2026) at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas was a day filled with many moving moments. Among the many faithful who filled...

The great cosmic and salvific events of the Holy Passion and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ were celebrated in Japan as well, specifically in the cities of...

This year as well, before the great feast of the radiant Resurrection of our Lord, on Lazarus Saturday or Holy Saturday, a number of catechumens...

Prot. No. 279 † B A R T H O L O M E W BY THE MERCY OF GOD ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE – NEW...

Most beloved brothers and sisters, Our all-good Lord has deemed us worthy this year as well to celebrate the great feast of the Orthodox Church,...

On the weekend of March 28 and 29, 2026, the 23rd Annual Byzantine Studies Conference was held in Tokyo, Japan, organized by the Japan Association...

From March 27 to 31, 2026, HE Metropolitan Ambrosios of Korea and Exarch of Japan conducted a pastoral visit to the cities of Tokyo and...

From March 6 to 23, with the blessing of His All-Holiness our Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the canonical permission of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of...

ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE ORTHODOX METROPOLIS OF KOREA AND EXARCHATE OF JAPANSt. Nicholas Cathedral in Seoul  Schedule for Holy Week and Pascha 2026 Palm Sunday, April 58:45-11:30...

          For those who are interested but have not yet applied, we are extending the application period for the Byzantine Iconography...